A Lower Macungie Township woman is accused of leaving her baby at home Friday night to go to a nearby restaurant to look her her boyfriend.

A neighbor called police after hearing the baby cry for almost an hour in a home in the 4500 block of North Hedgerow Drive, according to court records. After knocking on the door and not receiving an answer, the neighbor oepned the unlocked door and found the 9-month-old in a crib, records say. The child was wearing a soiled diaper and drinking spoiled milk, records say.

The neighbor took the baby and called police, records say. The neighbor told police she saw the baby's mother, Jessica Moehrbach, leave the house with Jeffrey Todd to go to the Chicken Lounge, 3245 Hamilton Boulevard, so she could find her boyfriend, records say.

An hour after police were called, Todd arrived back at the house, police said. Todd told police that Moehrbach asked him to drive her to the Chicken Lounge so she could find her boyfriend, records say. Todd said he drove her and stayed to eat dinner and that he was unaware the child was left alone at the house, records say.

The 23-year-old Moehrbach was found at the Chicken Lounge and was taken to the Fogelsville barracks, police said. The woman confirmed she went to the restaurant to look for her boyfriend but that Todd was supposed to go back to the house and watch the child, records say.

Moehrbach is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and disorderly conduct. She was arraigned before District Judge David Howells and sent to county prison in lieu of $5,000 bail.